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package gov.nasa.ensemble.common.io;

import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;

import org.apache.log4j.Logger;

public class EnsembleSerializer {
	private static final Logger trace = Logger.getLogger(EnsembleSerializer.class);
	
	public static byte[] serializeObject(Object o) {
		ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
		ObjectOutputStream oos;
		try {
			oos = new ObjectOutputStream(baos);
			oos.writeObject(o);
		} catch (IOException e) {
			trace.error("couldn't serialize object", e);
			return null;
		}
		return baos.toByteArray();
	}
}
